As much schnitzel as you can eat
Today was pretty chill. Up at 11 for breakfast. We unfortunately missed Cathrin before she left for Munich to pick up her man. This time Hans Peter didn't forget the fleishsalat and Andy and Amiele killed it. Gross. I love me some meat, pickles and mayo, but that stuff has a lot of mayo. Not sure how to days go by so fast and we don't do much, but it's OK and very relaxing.
By the time we finished breakfast and packing it was 3. We headed to Gundlefingen's wine fest to see if they we selling schnapps. No schnapps but we did get some fresh squeezed apple juice and found not one menus but also a restaurant by Engler's! Next time I'll have to check the public records for my family history. We headed to Helen and Rudy's house for some coffee and sweets so say goodbye. To continue our eating spree we had lemon cake, cookies and mini Berliner's (small jelly filled doughnuts).
After a short visit, we said goodbye (also to Amelie) and Heike, Hans Peter, Andy and me headed to the Oschen for the famous schnitzel (that's all they serve excepting night they have one other dish). I was excited. I've heard a lot about the food and atmosphere here. The restaurant is on the edge of Freiburg and we had to make reservations. We had beers and the eating started. They ask you how many schnitzel's you want to start with and bring you delish salad and German potato salad (with vinegar not mayo). It was soooo good. I could have just eaten that all night. Then they brought out the schnitzel. Holy crap it was amazing. It took everything to eat the two pieces I ordered because I had to try the fried potato salad with bacon and eat more of the vinegar potato salad. This was the grand finale. A great night of conversation and we went home for some schnapps. Heike poured the Williams (I don't care for the absinthe kind) and we sipped and talked about our travels. We are so grateful for Heike and Hans Peter for not only letting us stay in their house, but making breakfast every morning and taking us to dinner. They are truly wonderful people and lucky to have such a close family. It makes me wan to work on my relationship with my family.
The next morning we were up at 8 for the final breakfast. We said our goodbyes and headed to Frankfurt, but not before we stopped at Hieldsburg to get some schnapps. We have several flights ahead of us and we land at 10 at SFO. So sad to be leaving but it's been a nice long vacation. We knew we had a nice break when the first week in Iceland felt like ages ago.